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Tuesday, 30 December 2014

Slaying of the Prophets (peace be upon them) unjustly

Lesson
# 578 From Holy Qur’aan

Slaying of the Prophets (peace be upon them) unjustly

Surah Nisaaa’ (Women)
– Chapter – 4

Verse
–155 of 176, Section – 22/24 (Part – 6)

Then because of their breaking of their covenant,
and their disbelieving in the Revelations of Allaah, and their slaying of the
Prophets unjustly, and their saying: Our hearts are enfolded in covers. Nay,
but Allaah set a seal upon them for their disbelief, so that they believe
not save a few-

Gulf – (covered), it is plural of ‘aglaf, which has been derived from gilaaf. ‘Aglaf is the
thing, which is as hidden in the cover that anything may not reach there from
outside.

Taba-‘a- (set a seal, stamped), this word is from taba’, which means ‘to seal, to print,
to publish, to stamp, to press the congealed thing (with a stamp), which has
been put over that thing which needs to be sealed, so that the letters of the
stamp may grow. With this practice, the thing which is sealed, that becomes
safe and nothing can enter there.

It was signified in the previous
verses that the Jews were punished excessively. Now it is being explained, “Why
the Jews were awarded too much severe punishments”? There would be no other
nation in the world which did so much impudence and then remained safe from
complete destruction. It was result of the supplications of Prophet Moses
(peace be upon him) that they were not ruined. If they had believed in the Last
Messenger, Muhammad (grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon Him), then
certainly they would have become superiors also in the world as well as their
Hereafter would have been arranged. But they were hunted by punishment of their
bad deeds and remained unfortunate from noble graciousness like Islam.

It is commanded that they were
beaten black and blue because they broke strong covenant, promises and firm
treaties like a raw thread, and began to do against them openly. They have
denied clear, unfolded and pure signs of Allaah
Almighty that they left behind His entire commands. They have slain the
Prophets and Messengers (peace be upon them), Who used to tell them about the
Straight Path, while They (peace be upon them) had not committed any crime. What
can be more tokens of hard-heartedness and faithlessness than it that they
killed such true Well-Wishers without any cause?

They replied impudently after
listening to the Messenger of Allaah
Almighty (grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon Him), “Your talk cannot
reach our hearts because those have been enfolded in covers carefully. Your
words remain outside of our hearts and cannot find a way to enter into them”.
It was the result of all these matters that very severe anguishes were revealed
upon them. That, what they say, “Our hearts are
enfolded in covers”, is not true, but Allaah
Almighty has set a seal upon them for their stray and disbelief. Now they will
never believe and save a few of them who have believed, they have been deprived
from the Guidance forever.